Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 895
"The Jianghuai water network is vertical and horizontal, and the ministers are not familiar with water warfare."

Qin Qiong has never been out of the town alone, and at most he was only in command of an army of 5000 horses, and he was not afraid of commanding thousands of cavalry and infantry, but when he thought of the rivers and rivers everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, he felt that he had never been in the army before. Known tactics are no longer applicable.

This burly general of the horse army is now at his peak, young and vigorous, with few injuries.It is said that boxing is afraid of the young and strong, but in fact, the generals in the north, especially since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, are generally cavalry generals, and they are generally fierce generals who can lead cavalry and charge.

This is almost all the changes brought about by the innovation of weapons and tactics since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Before the Han Dynasty, generals would not charge, and more commanded under the banner of the general.But with the appearance of stirrups, especially horse armor, the cavalry in the Central Plains became dominated by assault cavalry, so the generals also mainly relied on the kind of cavalry who charged into battle.

The peak of these cavaliers who charged into the battle was at the age of 40 or [-], and after that, they would decline due to too many injuries.

Qin Qiong in history, shortly after Tang Jianguo, he almost withdrew from the stage because of too many injuries, too many injuries, and it was difficult to go into battle again. In his words, he fought hundreds of times when he was young, and passed through There are several buckets of blood.

"It is true that the southerners are good at boats and the northerners are good at riding. However, the north still has natural combat power to suppress the south. You must know that the south lacks cavalry, especially heavy cavalry. Although their navy and infantry are also very Powerful, but when facing the heavy cavalry, they are naturally weak. When Hou Jing went south, he was only a remnant army. After the rebellion, there were only a small number of cavalry, but they still smashed the entire Southern Dynasty."

"Du Fuwei's defeat was actually because he underestimated the enemy. In addition, the court's full-scale northern expedition and the transfer of many soldiers to the Yellow River line left Huainan empty and gave the thieves an opportunity to take advantage. Now that the Turks have surrendered, there is no need to Don’t worry about the military strength anymore. I will give you an army of 4000 people, and then I will give you Su Dingfang as your deputy. In addition, when you go to Jianghuai, there are three generals, Wang Xiongdan, Kan Leng, and Ximen Junyi. Fu Gonghu is also Jianghuai Tong."

"Why doesn't Your Majesty let Fu Gonghu take over directly?" Qin Qiong asked.

Luo Cheng smiled, "It's a long story. Li Zitong revealed that Du Fu and Fu still have a lot of problems in Jianghuai. It's not a big problem, but it really needs to be rectified. Besides, this After defeating the Turks in the second Northern Expedition, although the Northern War is not over yet, it is time to start preparing for the pacification of Jiangnan, and if you go to Jianghuai, you should be making the first preparations."

The key to choosing Qin Qiong, the cavalry general, is that Qin Qiong is the most honest and trustworthy, and he is also prudent in his work.

"Your Majesty, the Turks have all come down the mountain, and all their weapons have been thrown at the foot of the mountain, and several hills have been piled up." Yu Chigong came over to report.

The emperor stood up and said to Qin Qiong, "Let's go and enjoy the fruits of our victory first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

Bai climbed down the mountain.

Team after team of Turkic people walked down the mountain dejectedly. They lined up at the foot of the mountain, took off the knives and guns in their hands, took off all the odds and ends hanging on their bodies, and threw them aside. Axes, bones, Hammers, clubs, knives, bow bags, quiver, oxhide ropes, bow strings, scythes, etc.

After throwing away the weapons and odds and ends, I also need to take off all the iron or leather armor on my body and throw it away.

At first the Turkic people were very reluctant, but Qin Jun on the opposite side said that they had to take off, so they had to take off again.

Some Turkic people were very annoyed, so they simply took off their clothes as if to vent their anger, and dangled naked.

Most of them kept only one coat.

Fortunately, it's just autumn now, and the weather is cool.

"The scene is spectacular!"

The emperor couldn't help laughing when he saw that scene.

All the civil and military ministers of the Qin Army came to watch this scene. For everyone, it was the most refreshing scene after months of hard work.

"Your Majesty, we won. We defeated the Turks again, and defeated Jieli's ambition. Now, no one dares to fight against me, Great Qin."

"Xie Li has also surrendered?"

"Jieli has escaped." Wei Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, told the emperor with some regret, "I have already dispatched light cavalry to pursue and arrest him."

Luo Cheng didn't care, so what if Jieli ran away, 20 people went south, except for the 5 who went north to pursue Siye first, the remaining 15 were wiped out.Even if Jieli can escape back to Mobei again, what if the Turks can still pull up 20 to [-] people?He didn't dare to come south again after pulling it up. It can be said that Jieli had already lost all his wealth in this defeat.

"Wei Shilang."

Wei Zheng stepped forward, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

"Send a decree to Khan Yi Shibo of the Tiele Khanate in Mobei, and let him follow the decree to conquer the Turkic rebellion in Mobei! You tell him that every time a Turkic young man and woman is captured and handed over to Daqin, I will reward him with twenty bolts of silk , the old and the weak will also reward ten pieces of silk. If they capture Turkic cattle and horses, I will also want them. One good Turkic horse, twenty pieces of silk, and inferior horses will also be collected at the price of fifteen and ten pieces each. Cattle are collected at the price of ten, eight, or six bolts of silk. Even if it is dried meat, I want it."

"I will accept as many Turkic slaves, cattle and horses as he can send, and the silk can also be exchanged for tea, wine, salt, cloth and other commodities."

Wei Zheng took a breath.

"Your Majesty, what happened? I'm afraid that the Turks will perish."

"It doesn't matter if it is destroyed." The emperor said domineeringly, since he dared to invade the south again and again, he had to be prepared for this kind of extermination.

Luo Cheng felt that it was worthwhile for Daqin to spend some money to trade goods to destroy Turks. Besides, Turkic slaves, cattle and horses were also valuable resources that could strengthen national power.

The secret envoy Zhang Xutuo reminded the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the Tiele people in Mobei will take advantage of this opportunity to unify Mobei."

The emperor shook his head, "Don't be afraid. If the Tiele people want to completely replace the Turkic people and occupy Mobei, there must be a bloody battle. When they completely defeat the Turkic people, I believe that Daqin has completely unified the Central Plains. Even if the Tiele people occupy Mobei at that time, they are still not to be feared."

Wei Wensheng stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, I request that these [-] Turkic troops be killed!"

Xiao Yu immediately came out to object.

"Your Majesty, the killing of prisoners is ominous. Besides, since the Turks have surrendered, there is no need to kill them. I think it is better to place these Turks in the area of ​​Monan and Daibei, thinking that the frontier will screen the feudal vassals."

But the emperor just shook his head.

"Wei Qing said that 10 people will be killed, which is too hostile, and Xiao Shilang's words of resettlement on the spot are too lenient. I think neither of them is feasible."

(End of this chapter)